By the author of The Handmaid's Tale & Alias Grace Stan & Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of economic & social collapse Living in their car surviving on tips from Charmaine's job at a dive bar they're increasingly vulnerable to roving gangs & in a rather desperate state So when they see an advertisement for the Positron Project in the town of Consilience
- a 'social experiment' offering stable jobs & a home of their own
- they sign up immediately All they have to do in return for this suburban paradise is give up their freedom every second month swapping their home for a prison cell At first all is well But slowly unknown to the other Stan & Charmaine develop a passionate obsession with their counterparts the couple that occupy their home when they are in prison Soon the pressures of conformity mistrust guilt & sexual desire take over & Positron looks less like a prayer answered & more like a chilling prophecy fulfilled

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' The way I need you is a loneliness I cannot bear' Making its twenty-three-year-old author an overnight literary sensation this story of isolated lost lives intersecting in a small town in the American South is a masterpiece of humane sensitivity Ten new titles in the colourful small-format portable new Pocket Penguins series ...

' She has examined the heart of man with an understanding that no other writer can hope to surpass' Tennessee Williams Often cited as one of the great novels of twentieth-century American fiction Carson Mc Cullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South it is the story of John Singer a lonely deaf-mute & a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind sympathetic nature The owner of the cafe where Singer eats every day a young girl desperate to grow up an angry socialist drunkard a frustrated black doctor each pours their heart out to Singer their silent confidant & he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways the could never imagine Moving sensitive & deeply humane The Heart is a Lonely Hunter explores loneliness the human need for understanding & the search for love ...

This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels & truck stops exposed to the abusive exploitative men she encounters As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment Jeremiah also learns to love his mother even as she descends into drug-fueled madness Told in spare lyrical prose rich with imagination & dark humor The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah&s world into an indelible experience of compassion This special edition

Includes:: an additional seven stories previously uncollected by JT Le Roy the literary persona of Laura Albert

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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOVA rich successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog & attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles & pituitary gland of a recently deceased man A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose & the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance An absurd & superbly comic story this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution ...

Moving beyond the process of change Why is change so hard? Because in order to make any transformation successful you must change more than just the structure & operations of an organization--you need to change people's behavior & that is never easy The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think & feel differently in order to meet your shared goals According to bestselling author & renowned leadership expert John Kotter & coauthor Dan Cohen this focus on connecting with people's emotions is what will spark the behavior change & actions that lead to success Now freshly designed The Heart of Change is the engaging & essential complement to Kotter's worldwide bestseller Leading Change Building off of Kotter's revolutionary eight-step process this book vividly illustrates how large-scale change can work With real-life stories of people in organizations the authors show how teams & individuals get motivated & activated to overcome obstacles to change--and produce spectacular results Kotter & Cohen argue that change initiatives often fail because leaders rely too exclusively on data & analysis to get buy-in from their teams instead of creatively showing or doing something that appeals to their emotions & inspires them to spring into action They call this the see-feel-change dynamic & it is crucial for the success of any true organizational transformation Refreshingly clear & eminently practical The Heart of Change is required reading for anyone facing the challenges inherent in leading change ...

Expansion pack for Mice & Mystics fantasy fighting game Beautiful glow-worm shimmer shimmer! Shine your light brightly through pain so glum Follow love&s arrow along the thum Ne&er mind life&s sorrows lest you succumb For dear friend would you become? Oh glow-worm getting dimmer dimmer Prince Collin & his friends defeated Vanestra & thought evil had been banished from the castle forever But deep within those scorched & shadow-haunted halls something is moving that should not be A malicious presence has taken root & it has hatched a scheme that will ensnare the Prince & his friends & will forever change the course of history for the mouse-town of Barksburg The storybook in Mice & Mystics Heart of Glorm picks up right after the events of Sorrow & Remembrance letting you & your friends continue the story of Prince Collin Maginos Tilda Nez Filch & Lily Included in this expansion are new plastic figures cards & counters as well as a new series of chapters sure to test your mettle! & joining the heroes is Nere a wild mystic who brings her powerful magic & knowledge of alchemy to the battle Expansion set for the base game Mice & Mystics Sorrow & Remembrance Continue the story of Prince Collin Maginos Tilda Nez Filch & Lily Adventure expansion game 1-4 players Ages 7 ...

In Thaddeus O' Sullivan's THE HEART OF ME Madeleine (Olivia Williams) & Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter) are sisters with little in common except for their bloodlines & the man that they both love Madeleine & her husband Rickie (Paul Bettany) appear to be the perfect couple They have an exquisite home a loving son & are obviously well bred & well off When Madeleine's bohemian sister Dinah returns to pre-World War II London for their father's funeral she finds herself drawn to her brother-in-law The attraction is mutual & while Madeleine tries to marry her sister off to a fine gentleman Dinah & Rickie begin a torrid love affair with heartbreaking consequences The costumes & sets of the film evoke both the grandeur of London society in the 1930s & the war-ravaged city it became in the 1940s Bonham Carter brings a childlike wonder to Dinah a free spirit with unbridled passion for life Williams' Madeleine meanwhile is almost bittersweet; she seems to envy Dinah's freedom yet would never let down her own guard or upset her pristine world As Rickie Bettany is a perfect British gentleman who suddenly finds himself a bundle of raw emotion ...

The notorious Robin Hood & his band of outlaws steal from the rich creating a fearsome reputation amongst those who dare to travel through the mighty forest of Sherwood But they do not share their spoils with the poor & are unloved by the people who must also pay unfair taxes to the evil Prince John as he plots to steal his brother's crown In this time of chaos & fear it is down to Marion to boldly protect the poor & convince Robin that he must listen to his heart if they are to save the country The Heart of Robin Hood David Farr's spirited new version of the great English legend was premiered by the RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2011 ...

The Heart of the Dales is the fifth volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling Dales series A teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book' Don't you know what the word "straight" means?' the teacher asked crossly'' Yes miss' came the reply ' "without water"' Awkward teachers pompous school governors & fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult But for Gervase the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children The new school year doesn't get off to a good start after a teacher suggests that Gervase has let him & his school down Called up in front of his new boss the formidable Miss de la Mare Gervase fears he is going to be in hot water To add to his woes he is given another 'little job' by the Chief Education Officer which inevitably means liaising with the infuriating & interfering Mrs Savage! Meanwhile away from the pressures of school Gervase's life with his wife Christine & their baby son is blissful
- until noises in the attic start to disturb their nights The Heart of the Dales is Gervase Phinn at his story-telling best' Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of children's charities & organizations He is married with four adult children His books include The Other Side of the Dale Over Hill & Dale Head Over Heels in the Dales The Heart of the Dales Up & Down in the Dales & Trouble at the Little Village School
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